1912. 
'1' IIE. RURAL I'JBi'S^V'-YOR.KElK. 
107 
Rural isms 
Destroying Sowbugs. 
17. M., BeavertonOre .—I am a green¬ 
house owner and am considerably bothered 
with sowbugs. Could you give something 
that would aid me in getting rid of them? 
Ans. —A method of destroying sow¬ 
bugs or woodlice in greenhouses was 
given by an Illinois florist, Frank Felke, 
in the Florists’ Review. The sowbugs 
are very fond of rye flour, and he uses 
this to poison them. He mixes two 
parts of rye flour, two parts of sugar 
and one part Paris green, only mixing 
as much as he intends to use at one 
time, as it deteriorates with keeping. 
The mixture must be dry and free from 
lumps, or it is unpalatable to the sow¬ 
bugs. It is scattered along the top of 
the board edging the bench, if in a 
greenhouse, or may be laid on strips of 
wood in frame or hotbed. Mr. Felke 
says it kills a surprising number of the 
sowbugs; in a single night there are 
more dead ones than the gardener would 
imagine he had on his whole place. 
aceous plant with a perennial root, and 
is usually propagated by division. In 
England, chamomile is planted in March, 
the roots being set in rows 36 inches 
apart, the plants 18 inches in the rows. 
Heavy loam, with little manure, is best; 
too much fertility produces leaves at 
the expense of flowers. Clean cultiva¬ 
tion is needed. The flowers are gath¬ 
ered when in perfection, and are dried 
on canvas trays in a room artificially 
heated; the crop is estimated at 300 to 
1,000 pounds per acre. This plant is 
grown quite largely around Mitcham, 
Surrey, England, a place famous for its 
extensive culture of lavender. 
An Agricultural Explorer’s Caravan. 
Fig 49 is reproduced from a picture 
furnished by the Office of Foreign Seed 
and Plant Introduction. The original 
photograph -was taken by Mr. Frank N. 
Meyer, the agricultural explorer, near 
Catalpa Trees Splitting. 
O. IF., Wantagh, N. 7.—I have several 
trees planted around my lawn, Catalpa 
speciosa. I notice two of them have split 
very badly, one especially so, from the base 
to top. They split during severe frost. 
They are planted on southern aspect, are 
seven years old, caliper nine inches. Those 
on northeast aspect seem all right. Can 
you tell me how to prevent or remedy this? 
Ans. —Very little can be done to pre¬ 
vent frost cracks or their extension 
after once started. Perhaps the best 
thing to do is to cut the bark back, ex¬ 
posing the fresh wood on either side of 
the crack, and paint over with white 
lead or a very weak solution of tar. The 
tree will then make an effort to form 
wound tissue and cover the crack. The 
AGRICULTURAL EXPLORER’S CARAVAN. Fig 49. 
Ure-dalik, Chinese Turkestan, February 
13, 1911. Mr. Meyer says of it: 
“Our large cart, with its three mules 
and a strong horse and over 1000 pounds 
of baggage in it, is trekking through a 
piece of sandy and alkaline desert. Sand 
dunes rise here and there above the in¬ 
tensely monotonous country and are 
mostly covered with reeds .where it is 
swampy, or with tamarisk bushes where 
it is drier.” This outfit was used en 
route from Kashgar to Aksu, along the 
north border of the Takla-Makan desert. 
At Aksu the load was shifted to pack- 
horses for crossing the dangerous Mus- 
sart pass. The man in the foreground 
is the Russo-Turki interpreter, the other 
two being the driver and general helper. 
YOUR BIC'MONEY 
CROP" IS YOUR 
APPLE CROP 
Winter following such treatment, if the 
trunk is wound with wisps of straw, 
there will probably be no further injury. 
There will be a scar of course, but the 
health of the tree will not be seriously 
menaced. Sometimes the tree in at¬ 
tempting to cover these cracks will form 
great lip-like projections causing a heavy 
ridge up and down the side of the tree. 
S. H. MADDEN. 
Roman Chamomile. 
C. E. A., New Salem, Mass .—We use 
Roman chamomile as a tonic. I should 
like to raise my own if possible. Can you 
give me any information about buying seed 
and growing it? Can it be grown suc¬ 
cessfully here? 
Ans. —Roman or English chamomile, 
Anthemis nobilis, could doubtless be 
grown here, but we do not find roots or 
seeds offered by our dealers. This plant 
is a native of Europe, growing wild in 
temperate parts of the continent and 
Great Britain. It is largely cultivated 
for medicinal purposes, the type being 
a single flower, but the double ones com¬ 
mand the better price. It is an herb- 
A man went to an insurance office to 
have his life insured the other day. “Do 
you cycle?” the insurance agent asked. 
“No,” said the man. “Do you motor?” 
“No.” “Do you, then, perhaps, fly?” 
“No, no,” said the applicant laughing. 
“I have no dangerous-” But the 
agent interrupted him, curtly. “Sorry, 
sir,” he said, “but we no longer insure 
pedestrians.”—The Argonaut. 
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\ 
You can make more profit from the 
fruit you grow on your farm than from 
anything else you can raise—and 
with less time than you muse devote 
to making a crop of wheat, 
oats, corn or potatoes. 
Apples, for instance, will 
earn you $200 to $500 and 
more per acre—not once 
in a while, but on a regu¬ 
lar average; not in some 
far-away place, but right 
in your own locality. 
You can prove this in 
your own orchard, this 
year. With a few pruning 
tools, a little fertilizer, a plow, and a 
Deming 
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you can work wonders, 
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IJ a good, healthy condi¬ 
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begin to bear such fruit 
as you read about. Of 
course, you should start new orchards, 
too; but you can make money from the 
old trees while the new ones are 
coming to bearing—and for a good 
while afterward. 
How to Make Money 
From the Trees in 
Your Old Orchard 
“How the Old Orchard 
— _ Paid,” tells how 
one Pennsylvania 
farmer has taken a 
Deming Spray Pump and 
some good ideas and has 
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. about Deming 
outfits. If he 
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them, write us. 
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280 Success Building • • SALEM, OHIO 
Manufacturers of Pumps for All Uses 
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28 Jay tit., Eoohester, N. If* 
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Have you eve* 
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Pay ns out of the “extra 
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Horse Power Sprayer 
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Your 
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283 North St, Canton, Ohio 
Bigger Fruit. Profits 
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CARBONDALE INSTRUMENT CO., Carbondale, Pa. 
A few years ago the N. Y. Experiment Station started out to prove that “Scalecide” was too expensive, hut they 
found that in orchard work 9 gals, of “Scalecide” went as far as 17 gals, of Lime-Sulfur. This being the °^e, a barrel 
of “Scalecide” which makes 800 gals, of spray at the strongest strength, will go as far and do better work than 15W 
gals, of Lime-Sulfur spray, which will require 3)4 barrels of the best Lime-Sulfur. The Missouri Experiment Station 
reports that “Scalecide” killed 100* of scale in 5 out of 7 tests. Lime Sulfur did not do it once in 10 tests in the same 
orchard. “Scalecide’’ has greater fungicidal properties than Lime-Sulfur as a Winter wash. A postal request to 
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and new booklet, “ Scalecide-the Tree-Saver.” If your dealer cannot supply you with ‘ Scalecide ” we will deliver 
it to any R. R. Station in the U. S. east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio Rivers on receipt of price. 50-gal. bbls., ?2o.OO; 30-gal. bbls.. 
$16.00; 10-gal. can 3 , $6.75; 5-gal cans, $3.75. Address, B. G. Pratt Company, 50 Church Street, New York City. _ 
800 GALLONS 
OR 
1500 GALLONS? 
